TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[badmintonflyinginsect]

Any insight into Cleary Assessment Day? Any help would be so appreciated - can help with Akin TI, Gibson Dunn first round interview, Jones Day first round interview, Skadden final round interview, Dechert WE, Freshfields AC, W&C VI.

Hi, congrats on getting the AC! Can you please let us know if there are any other AC dates left for Cleary in February?

 

[Rosie_Kitten]

Hi - specific question here:
"
Please provide details of any additional posts of responsibility that have not been caputured in your Work Experience information (e.g. at school, university, or elsewhere) and your main extra-curricular activities and leisure interests:"

I read this two ways: one which asked me to provide main extra-curricular activities, and one which didn't. The form didn't have space to add extra-curricular activities. I find the punctuation quite ambiguous - it could be asking to provide posts of responsibility that have not been captured in (work experience and extra-curriciulars), or posts of responsibility that have not been captured in work experience in addition to main extra-curricular activities.

(Bevan Brittan)


Unrelated but this was funny af when the sight for LP didn't load:

 

[qwerty!]

WELL DONE!!!! so happy for you!

thank you so much!!!

 

[fTS3002]

Has anyone completed Proskauer’s AC recently? Please dm me

 

[Partcore22]

Anyone heard anything from Browne Jacobson post application?

Nope

 

[kim wexler]

covington PFO on a sunday morning ??? glad its out of the way tho

 

[Ancika]

covington PFO on a sunday morning ??? glad its out of the way tho

Yeah me too! A part of me feels like they feel a sense of enjoyment to schedule it on a Sunday!

 

[user24710026]

Covington PFO … mid day Sunday is strange?

 

[rlw123]

Hi does anyone have any tips for Walker Morris AC please?

 

[Jessica Pearson - Managing Partner]

It looks like some people heard back from Dechert - if I haven't, should I be worried? I applied 31/12

 

[oliviabeijing]

Cov PFO on a Sunday lol. At least it wasn't on Valentines day

 

[oliviabeijing]

Anyone from Travers Smith for summer VS?

 

[Mvla]

Covington just PFO'd me on a Sunday??? That's SO disrespectful omg.

 

[Laurel Lance - Black Canary]

It looks like some people heard back from Dechert - if I haven't, should I be worried? I applied 31/12

Same, I haven't, applied mid December. I asked LLM and got unexpected responses.

 

[Francis G.]

any more ac invites from covington? dream firm tbh

Is there anyone would like to kindly share the successful application form? pls pm. My real dream firm

 

[ddalki]

I'd really appreciate any insight into the HSF and Jones Day ACs!

 

[Afuturetrainee]

COVINGTON PFO on a Sunday?! WTF they don't take the weekends off there??

 

[kim wexler]

COVINGTON PFO on a Sunday?! WTF they don't take the weekends off there??

maybe its good we got rejected bc i shiver to imagine the culture of a law firm where even the HR is working on sunday lol

 

[Rosie_Kitten]

maybe its good we got rejected bc i shiver to imagine the culture of a law firm where even the HR is working on sunday lol

Nahh they just automatically set it to Sunday to make us even more pissed off (to laugh at us)

 

[kim wexler]

currently the only vac applications i have left waiting are travers smith and shoosmiths... also applied to TC at withers and some other firms but those are very unlikely so.. TRAVERS SMITH AND SHOOSMITHS PLEASEEE PULL THROUGHHH